The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-22
Labor and Industrial Notes.


Philadelphia Record.
The 5000 freight-handers Of New York are
out of work. have no money, and des-
titute.
The Knights of Lee Mass, elected an Epsco-
pal clergyman as a delegate to the Cincinnati
convention
A. j. Streeter, president of the Farmers
Alliance of Illinois. is looming up q presi-
Dental candidate for the Labor party.
John Morley, of England again comes for
ward, as the acceptable arbitrator on both sides,
to avert if possible, strike to be brought about
oy III per cent reduction.
The Brotherhood of American Carpenters has
246 branches. with Al. $50 members. There are
several thousand carpenters in and around New
York who are wanted in the order.
Manufacturers throughout the State Of Ohio
are greatly encouraged at the prospects for
an abundant and cheap natural gas supply.
The laying of several pipe lines has been pro-
jected
May is the day fixed for competitive test
of brakes to be used on cars. There are large
number of competitors and the promised
patronage for the successful competitor is so
heavy that large number have been stimulated
TO enter upon the contest
There are evidences of coming trouble with
the bitnminous coal miners. because of the pres
ent high price of bitumnous coal, in which
the miners think they ought to share Prepare
tions are being made to obtain supplies from
other quarters In the event Of suspension of
work.
1t is rumored that several large European silk
manufacturers are about to establish factories at
Paterson, N. j. Several sk-mills are running
on short time, anticipating total shutdown for
lack of material The Western Silk Association
met at st. Louis and found the industry in
healthy condition
Natural gas has taken the place of coal in TO-
600 houses in Pittsburg and Allegheny City.
About $50, 900, 900 cubic feet of gas brought
MT, lo;f~ Il. ~. 49,
OO0, 900 bushels of coal Professor Leslie declares
that natural gas is vanishing phenomenon.
The supply has given out at certain places.
Next Saturday the Chicago Labor party will
nominate full labor ticket. A great many
labor men are trying to agree upon a name for
their new party. The weakness of that party is
that it has, or is likely to have dozen or two
plankS grievances. ALI great parties have
never had more than one great idea at time.
The Trenton Co operative Brick Manufactur-
ing Company will make an early start under
ten years lease of good site. Six gangs will
be first employed and an increase in labor will
be made from week to week. In Baltimore labor
matters are quiet. Building is dull, and the
knights of Labor and the International Cigar
makers are quarreling.
The New England boot and shoe mannfact-
urers do not feel that even if they gain victory
now, it will be lasting one over their work men.
The Massachusetts State Board of Arbitration
has just recommended a reduction of 10 to 20
per cent. IN wages. winch aHectS CUUU nanuS at
Lynn. The business of boot and shoe-making is
being driven into country towns.
The new Knight of Labor bailding at Mime
apolis will have five store it's first floor,
which are already rented. The third floor will
be for the assemblies and committee rooms. The
fourth floor will be the lecture-room. The struct-
ure will be built of ST. Louis pressed brick,
trimmed with Ohio blue sandstone. The walls
will be two feet thick and the building will cost
$75, 000
A meeting was held in New York on last
Wednesday for tbs purpose of forming a fedora
ton combining employers in the building trades
I'm defense of law. order and individual liberty"
Notices were sent to 4, 900 employers in the build
ing trades and about 200 were present There
evident lack of enthusiasm, but COM
mlttee was appointed to draw up q constitution
and 60 to work.
Few new industrial establishments are being
started in New England in contrast with $685.
600. 600 invested in like enterprises during the
past year at the South e. Fl. Cheyney, we'll
known citizen of New Hamspre, says that cot
ton manufacturing has probably its best
days in New Hampshire; that more mills have
been built in Georgia since the late war than are
now IN operation in that State.
We will soon have two immense bridges
across the Hudson riveraone at Poughkeepsie,
which will cost 1000, 900. and one seventeen
miles below. at Storm King mountain, which
will cost s., 600 000 The president of the Lehigh
q Hudson River railroad says that its new
bridge will have traffic of 1900. 900 tons of
anthracite and bituminons coal and coke, 600 900
tons of iron ore and 100000 tons of other mer-
chandise.
An electric company in Pittsburg is turning
out 1000 electric lamps per day, and will soon
be able to turn out 5000. Another shop is turn
ing out two 100-ton bloom shears, and in the
same shop there is $4,000 pound travelling
crane. Three thousand pound ingots are han
died without difficulty in Pottstown mill An
engine has just been put up at Johnstown to run
p sc inch governor Wheel which makes 800 revo-
lntions per minute operating saw that cuts
steel rails A heating furnace has just been put
up at Steubenville O., which has a capacity for
wash-heating $50 steel ingots per day.